South Africa's ruling party still supports exit from the ICC

"The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's ruling party, says it still stands by its position that the country should pull out of the Rome Statute and by that the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The party said the government should continue to explore legal avenues that will ensure that they leave the ICC. An earlier process in that direction was halted by a court which ruled that the instrument of withdrawal was 'unconstitutional and invalid.'

The High Court issued a ruling earlier this year after the case was brought before it by the main opposition, Democratic Alliance (DA). Pretoria officials wrote to the United Nations to withdraw its exit application.

The ANC's position comes as the country awaits the ICC's verdict on Thursday July 6. The ICC is to state whether South Africa violated international law by refusing to arrest Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir who was on an official visit to the country in 2015..."